Wilson and His Opponents
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End of the War and Beyond
By: Joan Chang
End of the War and Beyond
By: Joan Chang
On July 28th, 1914, the first world war had begun after the assassination of Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The war had been ongoing for three years now, and the United States had joined in the spring of 1917, due to unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Note. About a year later, on November 11th, 1918, the war had ended and the Germans withdrew and formally surrendered. The nations involved in the war agreed to stop fighting while a peace negotiation took place in Versailles, France. After seven months of much thinking and fixing? On June 28th, 1919, they created the Treaty of Versailles which had officially ended the war,
Woodrow Wilson, the president at the time, wanted to include his goals into the Treaty of Versailles, so he created the 'Fourteen Points', but only few were added. Wilson had five key elements to the fourteen points. One of which was no one should be blamed for the war, saying it would just create hard feelings between the nation, yet Germany was blamed. Another was to take away many of the worlds weapons, mainly Germans and their submarines. The third was that there should be freedom to sail and trade anywhere, The fourth was self determination, as in nationalities should be able to have their own countries. and the last one is Wilson also stated that an international organization should be created. The organization was created to provide a forum for resolving international disputes to ensure that there would not be another war. This was called the League of Nations. Other parts in the treaty were terms of finances, military limitations, prisoners of war, access to ports and waterways, and reparations.
The idea of the league was extremely popular, yet very difficult to actually form. There was a large amount of debates regarding the idea, and it went through great opposition from the United States Senate. President Wilson had to leave office, never having convinced that the United States would join. In the end, the United States ended up never have joining the League of Nations.
There were some lasting impacts of World War I. The first one was the formation of the League of Nations. Though itself it was ineffective, it set up the groundwork for the creation of the United Nations Another lasting impact was the worldwide spiral for the arms race began, wars before were viewed only in a specific area. Now, all the nations had to be on guard against all the other nations. In addition, the legwork for World War II was laid out. Adolf Hitler was given the forward movement needed to assume power and start another war from the hostile actions Germany took from the Treaty of Versailles. When Germany surrendered in World War I, the Allies imposed sanctions, which impelled Germany into severe depression and poverty. This is what set the stage for World War II.
Woodrow Wilson, the president at the time, wanted to include his goals into the Treaty of Versailles, so he created the 'Fourteen Points', but only few were added. Wilson had five key elements to the fourteen points. One of which was no one should be blamed for the war, saying it would just create hard feelings between the nation, yet Germany was blamed. Another was to take away many of the worlds weapons, mainly Germans and their submarines. The third was that there should be freedom to sail and trade anywhere, The fourth was self determination, as in nationalities should be able to have their own countries. and the last one is Wilson also stated that an international organization should be created. The organization was created to provide a forum for resolving international disputes to ensure that there would not be another war. This was called the League of Nations. Other parts in the treaty were terms of finances, military limitations, prisoners of war, access to ports and waterways, and reparations.
The idea of the league was extremely popular, yet very difficult to actually form. There was a large amount of debates regarding the idea, and it went through great opposition from the United States Senate. President Wilson had to leave office, never having convinced that the United States would join. In the end, the United States ended up never have joining the League of Nations.
There were some lasting impacts of World War I. The first one was the formation of the League of Nations. Though itself it was ineffective, it set up the groundwork for the creation of the United Nations Another lasting impact was the worldwide spiral for the arms race began, wars before were viewed only in a specific area. Now, all the nations had to be on guard against all the other nations. In addition, the legwork for World War II was laid out. Adolf Hitler was given the forward movement needed to assume power and start another war from the hostile actions Germany took from the Treaty of Versailles. When Germany surrendered in World War I, the Allies imposed sanctions, which impelled Germany into severe depression and poverty. This is what set the stage for World War II.